Election Day Weather and Ballot Scratching Across Illinois
Chicago dispatches report ideal weather for Election Day across the nation with heavy anticipated turnout. In Illinois Deneen faces heavy scratching in Cook County while Taft Bryan vote nationally. Sherman and Kern vote early with their families. Kern’s son Billie cited as improving.
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Bryan
Cincinnati
Lincoln
Sherman
Kern
Utica
Indianapolis
Deneen
Cook County
Illinois
Yatt
Tait
Neb
Fairview
J. D. Lyons
Rose
Henlin
Normal
N. Y
James S. Sherman
Seventh Ward
Ind
John W. Kern
Ohio
Billie
Duke of the Abruzzi Named Rear Admiral in November
Rome, Nov 3. The duke of the Abruzzi will be promoted to rear admiral around November 15, aligning with the publication of his Ruwenzori expedition book. The Elkins Abruzzi wedding delay is not due to royal opposition. Dowager Queen Margherita’s objections are said to be powerless to stop the marriage as the king approved.
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Roosevelt Votes in Oyster Bay as Crowds Welcome President
President Roosevelt and Theodore Roosevelt Jr. voted in Oyster Bay at 9 24 a m and 11 04 a m the party rode to Saga more Hill amid a large welcoming crowd. Villagers handed flowers and shook hands as the President acknowledged the line of supporters before departing for Washington.
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Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Sagamore Hill
Washington
Cannon May Win In His District
Danville Illinois reports a heavy vote with Democratic opposition dwindling. Cannon's managers predict a larger majority in Vermilion county than ever, as Democrats have no poll workers. Across the eighteenth district, early returns are favorable, with a likely above normal majority and only the vest pocket vote unseen.
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Danville
Ill
Vermillion
Anger Over Kaiser Plan Roils British War Office
London reports reveal a campaign plan for ending the Boer War claimed to be from Emperor William and sent to Queen Victoria. Irish nationalist William Redmond challenged War Secretary Haldane in the commons, noting no War Office record of the document. He urged Asquith to consider inviting the emperor to sit in the cabinet.
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Home Folks Vote for Billy Bryan in Lincoln Precinct
Lincoln Neb Nov 3 Bryan’s precinct shows strong support with Bryan leading Taft at noon 51 to 23. Local voters favor the Democratic candidate by more than two to one.
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Taft
Early Weather and Fast Voting Mark Election Day
Chicago reports heavy voting with many precincts already casting half the total vote by noon. Elections feature numerous candidates, slow counts in some states, and potential late returns. Sizable races for United States senators and federal offices dominate the night’s results as campaigns in key districts remain hard fought.
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Ill
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Washington
Roosevelt to Leave New York March 13 for Africa on Tour
The New York Times reports from a high authority that President Roosevelt will depart New York March 13 and travel to Naples by steamer, then to Mombassa via the Suez canal and Aden. The party includes his son Kermit, a Smithsonian Institute professor, and a Navy official. They will spend six months in Uganda between the coast and Port Florence and then proceed to Entebbe.
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Czar Urges Servian Peace In Russia’s Moral Support
Crown Prince George of Servia departed for Belgrade with a czar letter to King Peter stating Russia’s sympathy for the southern Slavs and its aim to pacify the situation by peaceful means. A semi official declaration clarified Russia has no present plan to risk war with Austria on Servian aspirations, though it supports Servia morally.
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Village 15 Wiped Out by Flames
Fire swept Savannah in Wayne County early today destroying two hotels an opera house the post office two telephone offices fourteen stores a warehouse and three residences. The loss is estimated at 150000 dollars with no immediate word on casualties.
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N. Y
Savannah
Wayne County
Mrs. Eddy Buys Imported Automobile For Chestnut Hill
Mrs Mary Baker Eddy mother of the Christian Science church bought an imported automobile of 90 horsepower and had it sent to her Chestnut Hill home. A chauffeur from the agency gave Secretary Coachman Five driving lessons. Eddy will have her first driving experience today.
Taft Gains Over Bryan in Early Massachusetts Returns
Early Massachusetts precincts Norwell and Avon show Taft extending his lead over Bryan with Taft tallying 164 to 40 in Norwell and 171 to 116 in Avon while Hisgen and Draper also appear. Five town results indicate Taft ahead in both president and governor races with Taft 740 to Bryan 221 for president and Draper 671 to Vahey 259 for governor. Vermont meanwhile backs Taft 193 to 32 with one for Chafin as lawmakers vote in the state house.
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Massachusetts
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Bryan
Taft
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Vahey
Parker
Roosevelt
Avon
Hisgen
Independence League
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Montpelier
Vermont
State House
Chafin
Monett Hits Standard Oil Speech At Methodist Meeting
Frank Monett former special prosecutor in the Standard Oil case addressed a New York Methodist meeting at 150 Fifth Avenue criticizing the Rockefeller group Rogers Archbold and other railway figures. He noted government efforts to curb rebates and regulate rates while defending reforms connected with the oil litigation. Monett, trustee of Wesleyan University Ohio, was in the city on related business.
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Ada Corey Weds as Brother Is Absent in Philadelphia
Miss Ada B. Corey sister of steel magnate W E Corey married Dr Charles Howard Aufhammer of Pittsburgh at Thorndale near Downingtown. The ceremony was simple and no Corey family members attended due to divisions over William Corey's second marriage. The bride denied any auto tour with the ex chorus girl sister-in-law and stressed friendship with William's first wife.
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Ada B. Corey
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Mabel Gilman
Charles Howard Aufhammer
Pittsburg
Corey
Thorndale
Dowingtown
Miss Corey
William
Button cutters parade to vote in South Muscatine
Twenty three voters from the Jones button factory led by Bert Lamb marched to the Relief hose house in the Fourth ward this noon with a banner bearing Taft Bryan and Debs. They cast votes for their tickets then returned to the plant and resumed work amid martial music.
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Eugene Debs
Jones Button Factory
Bert Lamb
South Muscatine
The Journal Expands Election Returns Coverage
The Journal announces an enhanced election returns operation with a Western Union wire two Iowa Telephone lines and extra lines reserved for office use. An election extra will publish tomorrow morning and live bulletins will be read tonight at the office. Residents are invited to stop by for updates.
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Muscatine
CANDIDATE NAB DEMOCRATIC GROOM SERIOUSLY ILL
In Missouri City, St. Louis the Republican election judge Oliver R. Burkhart was badly beaten near his polling place on Third street. A wave of arrests followed, including Felix McAdams the Democratic nominee for the Third District legislature. In Waterloo Iowa, Raymond Rollins canceled plans for a Thanksgiving wedding with Miss Mable Hopper after learning he had typhoid fever. the couple wed immediately then the groom was hospitalized.
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Missouri City
Oliver R. Burkhart
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Waterloo
Raymond Rollins
Mable Hopper
Dowager Empress Birthday Fete Hosts American Battleships
Amoy marks the seventy fourth anniversary of the Dowager Empress of China with a grand celebration. The festivities center on the visit of American battleships, making it the biggest day of the chinois event.
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Amoy
China
Democrat Defends Rockefeller In New York Meeting
Nathan Straus defended John D. Rockefeller at a Brownsville Democratic meeting saying Rockefeller is the greatest business man, noting thousands are employed and some may err, and that Rockefeller has been more sinned against than sinning.
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Rockefeller
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Brownsville
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Collision of boats leaves man dead in Potomac
In Washington D C this morning a collision on the Potomac three miles below the city between the steamer City of Washington from Norfolk and the ferryboat Lackawanna from Washington to Alexandria resulted in one man being killed or drowned. The victim remains unidentified.
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Lackawanna
Washington
Alexandria
Potomac River
Doctor claims serium cure for hydrophobia from bitten boy
New York reports Dr. Morris J. Klein curing a boy of hydrophobia using a serium derived directly from the blood of the mad dog that bit him. Klein says his method advances treatment beyond the Pasteur institute's rabbit-blood serums and may open new fields in germ-disease therapy.
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Morris J. Klein
Pasteur Institute
Klein
Drie ves for Wife Ends in Suicide Beside Grave
Ernst Bohnhof, grieving widow, shot himself with carbolic acid at Fairmont cemetery in Davenport after visiting his spouse’s grave with his brother William. An inquest ruled death self-inflicted, with grief cited as the cause.
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Bohnhof
Fairmont
William Bohnhof
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Trief
Early voting surges as machines face scrutiny nationwide
Des Moines reports heavy turnout with 16 000 votes expected in Des Moines as machines face first use issues. New York upstate counties head for full polls while Elmira arrests cite vote buying. Milwaukee sees strong farmer turnout amid fair weather. Chicago reports two thirds of its 411 120 registered voters already polled by 11 a.m.
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Congress
New York
N. Y
Wisconsin
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Wis
Ill
Burglary Plagues New York as Theft Rates Climb
New York City faces rising crime with over 35 000 burglaries and larcenies yearly. The average loot per robbery exceeds 460 dollars, and property worth nearly 16 million dollars is stolen annually. Daily losses run around 50 000 dollars, yet only about 1 764 arrests occur yearly and recovery of stolen goods remains low.
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N. Y
Guardians of the Peace
Father Knickerbocker
Weather Forecast For Iowa And Illinois Regions
Iowa and Illinois face fair conditions tonight and Wednesday with cooler air arriving in northern and western areas. Sunrise occurs at 6 24 and sunset at 4 43 with the moonset at 12 31, shaping a calm midweek outlook.
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